Movie Man
When film critic Will Pfeifer isn’t watching movies, he’s reading about movies, talking about movies, thinking about movies or dreaming about movies. Now he shares that unhealthy obsession with you. From Hollywood hits to Japanese obscurities, from Oscar night to the summer season, he’s got movies on the brain — and on this blog. |
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2 comments August 20th, 2009
Courtesy of Cinematical, here’s a fun little video with highlights of special effects technology from the past 100 years.Â
It’s interesting how, after a certain point — say, THE ABYSS — everything becomes computer generated.
1 comment July 15th, 2009
Courtesy of Mark Evanier’s blog, News from Me, here’s a video showing how they managed to the leopard-related scenes in the classic comedy, BRINGING UP BABY. There were a surprising number of special effects used — mainly because, according to Evanier, star Cary Grant was unneasy around the big cat.
Add comment July 10th, 2009
Click on the link below for a montage of home movies — including video of the 1978 Oscar ceremony — from the crew that worked on the special effects for a little movie called … STAR WARS.
3 comments May 12th, 2009
Some found video, apparently shot somewhere near San Francisco:
3 comments January 28th, 2009
Yesterday, I posted a link to the list of the best 50 special effects shots of all time, courtesy of the Den of Geeks. Today, here’s a link to the other side of the coin — the “Top 24 Worst Special Effects of All Time” from the same site.
Once again, they’re good choices — including shots from SUPERMAN and JAWS. If you’ve seen the movies dozens of times (like me), you’ll know exactly which shots they’re talking about.
Add comment January 27th, 2009
Here’s an interesting list from the film fiends over at The Den of Geek — the Top 50 Movie Special Effects of All Time. There are three things I like about this list:
1. It doesn’t limit itself to the usual suspects. Sure, JURASSIC PARK, STAR WARS and the parting of the Red Sea from THE TEN COMMANDMENTS are there, but so are moments from ALIEN RESURRECTION, JUST IMAGINE and BRAZIL.
2. The descriptions explain why the effects are special and don’t just resort to the usual “wow! that’s cool!” type of internet analysis.
3. Best of all, there are video clips from each and every one.
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